HOVERING OVER THE WATER
synopsis
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrives looking for Robert.
international title: | Hovering Over the Water |
original title: | À Flor do Mar |
country: | Portugal |
year: | 1986 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | João César Monteiro |
film run: | 143' |
release date: | PT 02/10/1986, FR 24/02/1993, GR 27/11/2003, CZ 28/01/2004 |
screenplay: | João César Monteiro |
cast: | Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli, Manuela de Freitas |
cinematography by: | Acácio de Almeida |
film editing: | Marina Carvalho, Leonor Guterres, Manuela Viegas |
art director: | Jean-François Auger |
costumes designer: | Mariana Leireles |
producer: | João César Monteiro |